by Andrew Bass  |  Blog, From Strategy to Action, Leadership

There’s big difference between stated priorities and actual priorities. If you want to know what the stated priorities are, look at what people say in their PowerPoint presentations. But if you want to know if it’s a real priority, you Read More

It’s so often the case that organizations and individuals know what to do, but for whatever reasons don’t actually do it. I’ve seen new CEOs who have arrived and quite reasonably done a strategic review, out of which came promising-sounding initiatives and much Read More

Andrew Bass’s Pragmatics Newsletter May 2014 Practical techniques and thought-provoking ideas Main article takes under 4 minutes to read. Subscribe at www.bassclusker.com/newsletter: https://staging-2.bassclusker.com//newsletter   There’s a wry piece of medical humour to the effect that “The operation was a success, Read More

Andrew Bass’s Pragmatics Newsletter March 2014 Practical techniques and thought-provoking ideas Main article takes under 4 minutes to read. Subscribe at www.bassclusker.com/newsletter: https://staging-2.bassclusker.com//newsletter I’m seeing a number of very good businesses where leaders are frustrated with a lack of speed. Read More

In a Middle European country in the 1930s, so the story goes, the management of a gun factory were told by the newly-installed communist government to stop manufacturing arms, but to continue to keep the factory open, and to continue Read More